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1 month ago | decaturish.com | Zoe Seiler

DECATUR, Ga. — UNICEF USA recognized Decatur as a child-friendly city on March 21. Decatur is the third municipality in the United States to receive the designation through UNICEF’s Child Friendly City Initiative. Houston, Texas, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, have also achieved child-friendly city recognition. The Child Friendly Cities Initiative, created in 1996, establishes a framework for prioritizing the creation of safer, healthier, more inclusive, and child-responsive cities around the world.

1 month ago | decaturish.com | Dan Whisenhunt

ATLANTA — The next development phase at Pullman Yards in Kirkwood is expected to begin this August and last about one year. According to records reviewed by Decaturish, Pullman Yards owner Atomic Entertainment plans to construct a 360-space parking deck and about 40,000 square feet of convention space under phase two, which is a $15 million investment on top of the $45 million investment in phase one. The phase two work is expected to be finished by summer 2026.

1 month ago | decaturish.com | Zoe Seiler

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County police officers will get a pay raise effective March 1. County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson recently shared various plans to retain and recruit officers for the understaffed police department. Overall, the CEO plans to invest about $10 million in the recruitment efforts. The county currently has 531 police officers on staff but funded 841 officers in the budget. At a DeKalb House Delegation meeting on Feb.

Jan 19, 2025 | decaturish.com | Dan Whisenhunt

This story has been updated. DeKalb County, GA — Local and state officials warn the public about severe winter weather that will arrive overnight on Sunday, Jan. 19. For the latest forecast from Decaturish media partner Atlanta News First, click here. DeKalb County sent an emergency alert on Saturday, Jan. 18, warning about an “extreme cold watch” going into effect Sunday night through Monday morning, Jan. 20. Local public schools will be closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Jan 17, 2025 | decaturish.com | Dan Whisenhunt

DeKalb County, GA — A boil water advisory affecting 20,000 DeKalb County residents is still in effect as of Friday, Jan. 16, and DeKalb County has no estimate on when it will be lifted. “The boil water advisory will remain in place until the DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management is cleared to lift the Advisory following water sampling protocols by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,” the latest alert from the county says.